Can someone comment on the difference between the 2015 version of the 212HTs and the prior years? When I spoke with Jeff yesterday he mentioned a better horn as well as an improvement in the drivers. Is there going to be a difference in the sound quality? what kind of difference?

Can someone comment on the difference between the 2015 version of the 212HTs and the prior years? When I spoke with Jeff yesterday he mentioned a better horn as well as an improvement in the drivers. Is there going to be a difference in the sound quality? what kind of difference?

No one has reported 'hearing' a difference. Also, this was recently asked a few pages back with specific physical differences discussed as well.

Coolgeeks experience with his concrete bunker mirror my own. My room is 24' l x 20' w x 7'6" h with the only opening being the doorway middle of room on a side wall. A pair of SubM HPs with the T12HT and now 212HT produce overwhelming amounts of good quality low/mid bass.

I have my room apart right now and am waiting on the 3rd 212HT to arrive. I should have it all back together in a few weeks so I will take some measurements to see what the room actually adds.

I am also interested in the measured difference between the '12 T12HT vs '15 212HT to see what this "improved midbass" is about.

Coolgeeks experience with his concrete bunker mirror my own. My room is 24' l x 20' w x 7'6" h with the only opening being the doorway middle of room on a side wall. A pair of SubM HPs with the T12HT and now 212HT produce overwhelming amounts of good quality low/mid bass.

I have my room apart right now and am waiting on the 3rd 212HT to arrive. I should have it all back together in a few weeks so I will take some measurements to see what the room actually adds.

I am also interested in the measured difference between the '12 T12HT vs '15 212HT to see what this "improved midbass" is about.

It's good to have a testament to the positive effect the room can have on speakers. More often than not, it goes the other way.

Fellas, I took a little time to measure my lcr (T8-LP's) and sub this past weekend, but now I'm not sure where to go from here. My sub seems to be alright (granted this is with a ls filter applied at 20hz), but I'm not sure what treatments eq I should use for my lcr. I suspect a 100hz xover is the best I can reasonably expect. Graphs of my FL, FR, CTR and sub are attached. Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

Edit: Sorry, I should have added that the sweeps were run full range on the LCR. Normally, I would have them set to small and set the xover at 100hz.

Fellas, I took a little time to measure my lcr (T8-LP's) and sub this past weekend, but now I'm not sure where to go from here. My sub seems to be alright (granted this is with a ls filter applied at 20hz), but I'm not sure what treatments eq I should use for my lcr. I suspect a 100hz xover is the best I can reasonably expect. Graphs of my FL, FR, CTR and sub are attached. Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

Fellas, I took a little time to measure my lcr (T8-LP's) and sub this past weekend, but now I'm not sure where to go from here. My sub seems to be alright (granted this is with a ls filter applied at 20hz), but I'm not sure what treatments eq I should use for my lcr. I suspect a 100hz xover is the best I can reasonably expect. Graphs of my FL, FR, CTR and sub are attached. Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

Work a few sweeps with the sub and mains together. Mess with the distance setting on your AVR for the sub while sweeping and see if it improves the response at the crossover point.

For the test sweep I ran them full range. Normally, I have them set to small and the xover set to 100hz.

Like Beast was saying, first step is to fiddle with the crossover point and delays to optimize response around the crossover (most output, least dips). From there, play with the sub gain to get the sound that you want.

Like Beast was saying, first step is to fiddle with the crossover point and delays to optimize response around the crossover (most output, least dips). From there, play with the sub gain to get the sound that you want.

Great suggestions... looks like i am going to be spending even more time now measuring...

One speaker at a time. Always. I don't think there is way to do all three at the same time anyways. With track two, it will sweep the Left and right together, but not the center, when in stereo, or you can change the format to pLIIx and it will sweep the center only, but never all three.

One speaker at a time. Always. I don't think there is way to do all three at the same time anyways. With track two, it will sweep the Left and right together, but not the center, when in stereo, or you can change the format to pLIIx and it will sweep the center only, but never all three.

Thanks for this answer beast because I have an Omnimic and wasn't aware of a way to sweep all 3....so it's good to know I wasn't missing something.

One speaker at a time. Always. I don't think there is way to do all three at the same time anyways. With track two, it will sweep the Left and right together, but not the center, when in stereo, or you can change the format to pLIIx and it will sweep the center only, but never all three.

Oh ok.. thanks.. i wasn't aware that track 2 was only sweeping LR, I thought the sound came from all 3 channels...

FYI. I know this movie has come up a few times for its audio capabilities, not necessarily for the quality of the movie itself. I received a notice from Blu-ray.com that Into the Storm is down to 12.99 at Amazon and Best Buy right now.

FYI. I know this movie has come up a few times for its audio capabilities, not necessarily for the quality of the movie itself. I received a notice from Blu-ray.com that Into the Storm is down to 12.99 at Amazon and Best Buy right now.

FYI. I know this movie has come up a few times for its audio capabilities, not necessarily for the quality of the movie itself. I received a notice from Blu-ray.com that Into the Storm is down to 12.99 at Amazon and Best Buy right now.

BTW: My ears are bleeding... yesterday watched a movie.. i knew something was off.. it was 'harsh and piercing'... and my nephew was complaining also (he's much younger so it affected him more)...

sure, enough, later my suspicion was correct.. audyssey turned itself on again!!! this dang thing keeps sneaking up on me even after i turned it off many times.. when you're flipping thru the dsp modes, audyssey turns itself on with some modes.. does anyone know how to get rid of this??? turn off audyssey for good???

BTW: My ears are bleeding... yesterday watched a movie.. i knew something was off.. it was 'harsh and piercing'... and my nephew was complaining also (he's much younger so it affected him more)...

sure, enough, later my suspicion was correct.. audyssey turned itself on again!!! this dang thing keeps sneaking up on me even after i turned it off many times.. when you're flipping thru the dsp modes, audyssey turns itself on with some modes.. does anyone know how to get rid of this??? turn off audyssey for good???

It might have something to do with presets that change when you select something else.

BTW: My ears are bleeding... yesterday watched a movie.. i knew something was off.. it was 'harsh and piercing'... and my nephew was complaining also (he's much younger so it affected him more)...

sure, enough, later my suspicion was correct.. audyssey turned itself on again!!! this dang thing keeps sneaking up on me even after i turned it off many times.. when you're flipping thru the dsp modes, audyssey turns itself on with some modes.. does anyone know how to get rid of this??? turn off audyssey for good???

What AVR do you have? I've seen the Denon avr's do this many times when powered off and back on.

You could hard reset the receiver, and start over fresh, and just not run an audyssey sweep afterwards. Jot down your distance and trim levels so you can adjust those once you do the reset, but since there won't be an audyssey calibration after this, there will be nothing to accidentally "Turn on automatically."

It might have something to do with presets that change when you select something else.

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What AVR do you have? I've seen the Denon avr's do this many times when powered off and back on.

I have the Onkyo 3009.

Whenever I put in a new Blu-Ray, it'll default to audyssey on again... i'll have to click the DSP modes (Movie Modes) several times to get rid of it.. I have a feeling that certain 'modes' have audyssey set to On automatically... i am going to click thru every settings in the receiver to see if those 'modes' can be manually set for preference...

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Originally Posted by beastaudio

CG,

You could hard reset the receiver, and start over fresh, and just not run an audyssey sweep afterwards. Jot down your distance and trim levels so you can adjust those once you do the reset, but since there won't be an audyssey calibration after this, there will be nothing to accidentally "Turn on automatically."

I might just have to do this if i can't figure out any other way.

Anyone knows how to do a hard reboot? and if i do it, is it risky that my receiver own't turn on or something?

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If you have an upmixer turned on like Dolby Prologic IIx, then it will mainly come out of the front 3 channels with some in the surrounds/sub.

I think i do have prologic on... that's probably why i thought it was coming out of all 3 channels. I have my surrounds unplugged while i did the sweeps. And I do it with the subs on and then off...

Whenever I put in a new Blu-Ray, it'll default to audyssey on again... i'll have to click the DSP modes (Movie Modes) several times to get rid of it.. I have a feeling that certain 'modes' have audyssey set to On automatically... i am going to click thru every settings in the receiver to see if those 'modes' can be manually set for preference...

I might just have to do this if i can't figure out any other way.

Anyone knows how to do a hard reboot? and if i do it, is it risky that my receiver own't turn on or something?

I think i do have prologic on... that's probably why i thought it was coming out of all 3 channels. I have my surrounds unplugged while i did the sweeps. And I do it with the subs on and then off...

I forgot exactly what they call them, but my Onkyo pre-amp has presets that engage when you switch between inputs and between stereo and multi-channel modes. I remember them being buried in the menus in some counter-intuitive place. With each preset, you could select whether MultiEQ is on or off. There isn't a global mode, just a current mode and presets that activate based on input, signal type (stereo, surround), or something like that.

Wasn't planning on a speaker upgrade, but as I was researching and asking questions about my DIY subs, it was pretty hard not to see/read all the info on the 1099's. So I started to think that they might be an upgrade to my Paradigms.

Started a thread on the topic, and Tux himself thought that the 1099's may or may not be an upgrade. Not worth the trouble to me to buy, build and test them to find out they wouldn't make me happy.

Then today I was poking around and learned of the Gedlee speakers, and somehow that led me to the JTR's. Then I remembered that there were some JTR's head-to-head against the 1099's at the Vancouver GTG, and it seems that the 1099's weren't that far off of the 228's.

But I think I'd probably be more inclined to go with the 212HT's.

My system sounds pretty good now. In order to justify making the investment in new speakers, I'd really have to be convinced that I'd be in for a huge upgrade in sound quality. I am probably 25% music/75% movies, but with my system sounding a lot better, I'm feeling inclined to abandon my headphone rig and spend more time listening to the HT for music.

Don't know that I could swing L/R/C right now because of budget, might have to run a phantom center.